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Reputation: 1009

Custom jQuery UI

I wanted to use some functionality in jQuery-UI. So, I downloaded a custom version of the same from jQuery website, including only those things in my download that were needed by me. This was supposed to trim down the total size of my page, but to my surprise, the page size remained almost the same even after following the procedure provided at jQuery website.

Did I do something wrong? Or is this the expected behaviour?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 104

Answers (1)

ShadowScripter
ShadowScripter

Reputation: 7359

You should have a look at JQuery UI Packager, it lets you pick what functionality you want.
It bundles it up with both a custom and a minified JQuery.
When I tried it, I removed everything but core functionality, and it ended up 15kb uncompressed.

Proof

Then I tried it without removing anything, it ended up 206kb uncompressed.

Proof2

If you're that concerned you should think about gzipping. Look at this chart of filesizes and how they improve with the different methods.

Here's a post about a guy asking a similar question, and the answer explains what you should focus on. Here's a discussion about gzip and minify.

Upvotes: 2

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